- Title:
- Kermesse
- Date:
- 1912
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink, black wash and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 x 12 inches (30.2 x 30.5 cm), Image: 11 7/8 x 12 inches (30.2 x 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black ink, lower center: "Wyndham | Lewis. | 1912."
Inscribed on verso in black ink, center right: "[...]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Gift of Neil F. and Ivan E. Phillips in memory of their mother, Mrs. Rosalie Phillips
- Copyright Status:
- © Estate of the Artist
- Accession Number:
- B1982.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- abstract art | cabaret | celebration | dance | dancers | fair | fear | festival | forms | fête | leisure | monochrome | movement | movements | nightclub | structure | Vorticism
- Associated Places:
- Belgium | England | Europe | Flanders | London | Mayfair | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9703
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